Adsense Now

Early this year, news broke out in a big web master forum that Google could now send earnings via Western Union. Due to the fact that I haven’t even earned enough to request a check, I hadn’t caught wind of the news until recently. Last September, cued by a few online friends, I found out about this feature. Publishers say that upon logging in to their accounts, there was a tip informing them of the WU payment option. Other publishers, however,  couldn’t find anything on it.

Apparently, payments via Western Union are limited only to a handful of countries. According to the Google FAQ, these countries (as of now) are:

•    China (Mainland)
•    Malaysia
•    Pakistan
•    Romania
•    Philippines
•    Argentina
•    Chile
•    Peru
•    Colombia

If you are included among this list of countries, then if you haven’t yet, log in to your account, go to the “My Account” tab, find “Payment Details” in the “Account Settings” option and then click “edit.” You will then be forwarded to a page where you can choose “Western Union Quick Cash” as your payment option. You will be prompted to confirm that you have a valid photo ID with the name you used for your Adsense account to be able to claim your payment.

The cap for Western Union earning withdrawals is $10,000 per month — not too bad unless you’re Shoemoney. The Western Union payment type used is “Quick Cash” which isn’t offered in every outlet. To check which outlets near you offer the service, go the Western Union Agent Locator. To be able to claim your earnings, you need a valid photo ID (or two), Google’s details which you can find in the Adsense Help Center, the payment amount and the Money Transfer Control Number which would be provided to you upon withdrawal. Western Union Adsense payments take just ONE day to arrive at the branch you choose. Not bad, eh?

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